Sentences with phrase «by the canal making»

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In 2013, MS Nordic Orion made history by becoming the first bulk carrier to make the historically treacherous trip, hauling a load of B.C. coal to Finland and shaving about 1,000 nautical miles off its usual route through the Panama Canal.

«I'm surprised by the unacceptable and immature attitude of Romao, who made vulgar remarks towards [Canal + pundit] Pierre Ménès and me because he couldn't think of anything else to say after fouling me but insult me.

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«On Wednesday, 2 December 2015, we were called to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department, Accra and informed that after a careful study of the docket, the Attorney General had concluded that the rape and unnatural canal allegations made by Sarah Kwablah against Asamoah Gyan were totally baseless and that the docket should be closed.

The senator said it made little sense when the DEC in December 2015 reversed itself by declaring the landfill a Superfund site, even after it had removed 80 truckloads of previously buried Love Canal waste.

The plan was spearheaded by Trinity Real Estate, the largest landlord in the area bounded by the Hudson River, Sixth Avenue, Houston and Canal streets, in an effort to make the neighborhood a more mixed - use one.

Director Brian Stratton to tour sections of the Erie Canal along the Mohawk River by tugboat and get a first - hand look at recent improvements and significant investments made in the 111th AD, starting at Lock E-9 in Rotterdam and ending at Lock E-7 in Niskayuna.

«I was made a scapegoat by ECHDC [Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp.] and ESD [Empire State Development Corp.] leaders — notably EHDC Board President Thomas Dee and ESD Regional Chairman Sam Hoyt, appointees of Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who, after tarnishing my family's reputation, subsequently gave the contract to a company whose executives have donated generously to Gov. Cuomo and others throughout this region,» DiPizio said in a Feb. 11 letter she wrote to Bharara, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

But while CB2 board members acknowledged the progress made between both sides at the meeting, they said the board is sticking by its recommendation that the event only run from Canal to Kenmare streets.

By means of the finest spider threads that could be secured, micrometric estimates of the distance between the two elements of a double canal were made at Flagstaff in 1905.

The black striped mussel, for example, first made its way from the Caribbean to the Pacific by attaching to ships» hulls and sailing through the canal, built in 1915.

The precise width of the canals is not determinable, although certain comparative measurements made by Prof. Lowell lead him to the conclusion that 15 to 20 miles is the width of the larger of the Martian canals, and 2 or 3 miles that of the more diminutive.

To make matters worse, China is now plowing ahead with a controversial $ 62 - billion scheme to transfer water from the Yangtze to northern China, which is even more parched, through a network of tunnels and canals to be completed by 2050.

At any rate, should a wave of carp make it through the canal or penetrate the lakes by another route, they will find little food to sustain them.

Now that they've established the relationship between ear structure and movement in living animals, the researchers can make predictions about the motion of extinct creatures by measuring the bony canal remnants in fossils.

They called for the international scientific community to help «analyze design plans of the canal and its subprojects for safety, social responsibility and sustainability; make recommendations to protect the region's water resources and biodiversity; and draft statements urging the Nicaraguan government to halt construction until studies can be performed and evaluated by experts.

This mission was picked up by Percival Lowell, an American astronomer who had made a name for himself promoting the idea that Mars had canals (and therefore intelligent life) on it.

It's a modern city framed by the Pacific ocean, where the Panama Canal was man - made in 1900.

While the movie includes narration (by Charles Osgood) drawn from the book, it also allows the stars opportunity for topical pop - cultural references as well as narrative detours, as when the mayor goes in for a Who - Root Canal «Sticking» «Who» in front of everything,» he gripes, «doesn't make it hurt less») or Horton's clover lands in a field of clovers, whereupon he sets out to locate his speck - adorned lower out of the thousands stretching before him.

Now backed by French companies Canal + and Les Films Alain Sarde, Lynch made The Straight Story (1999).

That film, which looks at the plight of factory workers, is directed by François Ruffin who sported an I Heart Vincent Bolloré t - shirt at the ceremony — Bolloré is the chief of Vivendi which owns Canal Plus, the network airing the Césars — although Ruffin made no direct comments regarding those companies.

On December 6, a short drive from the canyons of high - rises making up the city - state's turbocapitalist business district, elites and journalists assembled at the Souk Madinat — a beachside network of malls, restaurants, and luxury hotels connected by artificial seawater canals — for the opening night of the 14th Dubai International Film Festival.

In addition, owners sometimes make the situation by using water or irritating substances such as straight rubbing alcohol orvinegar to clean the ear, or by causing trauma to the ear canal by over-aggressive cleaning.

Tourists hear of the shelter by word of mouth or during one of the hourlong canal boat tours that embark from near Central Station and make an excellent introduction to the sights of Amsterdam.

Whilst this does not stop infections completely, by improving air circulation and access to the canal, it makes them less frequent and easier to treat.

The vet makes a diagnosis by inspecting deep inside the ear canal with an otoscope.

They are also detectable by the mess they make inside an infested animal's ear canal — a dark, gooey, foul - smelling accumulation of wax and mite debris in which the tiny critter thrives.

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We learnt to make fresh pasta in the Vecchia Scuola Bolognese run by famous chef Alessandra Spisni (who was quick to point out that Bolognese is traditionally made with tagliatelle and most definitely not spaghetti), and we explored Bologna's ancient subterranean canals in a rubber dinghy and later joined the locals in gorging ourselves on aperitivo, where a little extra on your drinks bill gets you an unlimited snack buffet too.

To make up for the punishment that I was giving my feet, I decided to give them a rest by taking one of the many boat cruises that travel through the city's canals and out into the harbor to the giant shipyards that once fueled Gothenburg's economy before the industry moved out in the late 1970's.

At its mouth, just beyond the town's houseboats, are a series of man - made canal developments known as the Royal Alfred Marina and described as «laidback waterfront living» by property agents.

Then make your way through the canals by boat to

Built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney as part of his «Venice of America» plan, the Venice Canal Historic District is famous for its man - made canals, which evoked the canals of Venice, Italy and likewise featured gondola rides.

A historic district in the heart of Venice, this area is noteworthy for its man - made canals built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney.

If you're looking for a wildlife adventure, cruising the Amazon is a great option with high water levels making many more canals navigable by boat.

The picturesque city of Amsterdam, defined by its idyllic canals and bike - friendly accessibly, lands at # 4 on KAYAK's 2018 Trending List — made up of the destinations seeing the biggest increases in searches year over year.

Venice is made up of 118 small islands nestled within a lagoon, linked by a collection of historical canals and bridges and renowned for their architectural beauty.

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Make your trip memorable by taking a canal boat or a paddle boat from Little Venice to Camden.

Life for villagers in the area revolves around the rivers and canals that make up the delta, people are more likely to transport by river than by road.

Tavares Strachan, «You Belong Here,» 2014; Blocked out Neon 30 x 80 Ft. Courtesy of the artist This project has been made possible, in part, by Canal Barge Company, Inc..

Who could say no to at least considering the artists mentioned above and also to Brughel the Younger's «Sight» from «The Five Senses,» a graphic novel before its time; Canaletto's «Grand Canal»; an early Gauguin, better in every respect from the one mentioned above; a Jasper Johns; a Manet; three more Monets; a jewel - like Picasso; a Gerhard Richter «Candle»; a Georges Seurat; a huge forest floor by Thomas Struth, and a J.M.W. Turner, making his usual mud out of the clear air of Venice?

These are only partly natural phenomena and they have been made worse by settlement decisions, canal development, loss of barrier wetlands, extraction of groundwater, oil, and natural gas, internal rainfall storage, and the design, construction, and failure of protective structures and inside levees rainfall storage.

PEOPLE in the Netherlands have been making the most of the freezing weather by ice skating over the country's famous and now frozen canals.

Nicknamed «Clinton's Ditch» after New York mayor and later Governor Dewitt Clinton, its biggest promoter, the project was derided by many, including Thomas Jefferson, who said, «Talk of making a canal 350 miles through wilderness is little short of madness.»

According to Ha'aretz newspaper, Israeli billionaire Yitzhak Tshuva, who made headlines recently when he bought New York's Plaza Hotel, intends to attract 3 million Israelis to the Arava, the remote strip of desert where the canal is to be built, by the year 2050 - with or without the canal.

Called Plastic Whale Circular Furniture, the new collection of high - end office furniture is made with plastic collected by Plastic Whale; the organization that made its very meta mark when it began building plastic - collecting canal boats made out of the plastic it had collected form canals.